Anybody Still Believe Lance Armstrong Didn't Dope?

[knuckleboner]

espn.com

apparently the 1996 tour de france winner admitted to using the banned performance enhancer, EPO. goes along with the two german riders who recently admitted the same thing.

so, could i believe in a sport where doping is widespread, that some dude who just got through fighting cancer and is trying to establish himself in the sport, has his coach say, "hey, everybody's doing it; you're just leveling the playing field. nobody tests for it. if you don't you might not make it in this sport?" yeah, i could definitely believe that.

in fact, at this point, i'm probably 55% sure armstrong doped.

[matt19]

I'm not sure what to believe either. Its starting to piss me off though, sometimes the agencies seem to be trying to out him, and the French were always out to get him so you never know.

[EbDawson]

Re: Anybody Still Believe Lance Armstrong Didn't Dope?

Originally posted by knuckleboner
at this point, i'm probably 55% sure armstrong doped.

That's a strange percentage point.

Armstrong is the most tested athlete in the history of sports.
France would have given their country back to Germany if they could've nailed him.

[Mama's Fool]

Didn't get a chance to read the article, but did he use EPO the year he won it or was it later on in his career?

[Mama's Fool]

OK, finally read it. Guess he did. It's hard to believe Lance didn't use EPO, but you can only really go by his word at this point.

[matt19]

Not really they tested and tested and never found anything, honestly I'm starting to think he didn't. The French did try and try to nail him and couldn't all they have been able to do is whine.

[chi-town324]

Athletes have been cheating since the beginning of time...always have and always will

[knuckleboner]

Re: Re: Anybody Still Believe Lance Armstrong Didn't Dope?

Originally posted by EbDawson
That's a strange percentage point.

Armstrong is the most tested athlete in the history of sports.
France would have given their country back to Germany if they could've nailed him.

yeah, the percentage was kind of a ballpark figure...


but, yeah, i know the french would love to get armstrong. though, i believe his 1999 sample DID test positive for EPO; only the french lab didn't keep the other sample it was supposed to.

do i believe the french lab? eh...maybe only about 48%...

but it wouldn't surprise me if armstrong admitted.

[EbDawson]

Re: Re: Re: Anybody Still Believe Lance Armstrong Didn't Dope?

Originally posted by knuckleboner

do i believe the french lab? eh...maybe only about 48%...

but it wouldn't surprise me if armstrong admitted.

If he hasn't admitted by now . . .

I'm 98.73% sure he is/was clean.